Slam, the Italian sportswear company, has announced that Albert Reed (http://www.albertreed.net)is the 2005 Spring/Summer Male Cover Model for their clothing catalog. Reed is also being featured on their website (http://www.slam.com).

Slam, founded in Genoa in 1979, is one of the leading companies in clothing technology for sailing and is well established in the sportswear sector with expanding collections for men, women and children. The company has a chain of stores throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and a network of sales agents in 19 countries. This is Reed"s third catalog cover for SLAM , he has been the 2004 Spring/Summer and 2004 Fall/Winter Cover Model as well.

Reed's success in the modeling world continues in a upward spiral, in the last two months he has been interviewed by Chicago Fashion Magazine ( http://www.ChicagoFashionmagazine.com ), CelebrityMaleModels ( http://www.celebritymalemodels.com ) and now featured in the March/April issue of SimplyTheBest Magazine ( http://www.simplythebestmagazine.com ) with a 4 page interview. In the same issue in the "People Watching Section" he can be seen in South Beach this winter along with Lindsey Lohan, Kevin Spacey, Shaquille O"Neal, Traci Bingham, Paris Hilton and many others.

This 2004 Abercrombie & Fitch Cover Model is certainly capitalizing on his sudden fame with constant photo shoots all around the world for major clothing companies and increasing media attention wherever he goes.